WEBVTT BEING DONE TO GETTHE LIGHTS BACK ON.CHERIS JUST A LONG COUPLE OFNIGHTS HERE FOR THE PEOPLE INTHIS AREA OF THE LAKES REGION.THEY HAVE BEEN WITHOUT POWERSINCE THE STORM HIT ON TUESDAY.SEEMS LIKE MOST PEOPLE THAT LIVEAROUND ROUTES 109 AND HAVESTORIES TO TELL ABOUT THE TREESCOMING DOWN AND DAMAGING THEIRHOMES.WE ARE ALONG ROUTE 25 RIGHT NOW.YOU CAN PICTURE THIS HUNDREDS OFTIMES OVER IN TOWNS LIKEMOULTONBOROUGH CAUSING A LOT OFDAMAGE KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEDARK RIGHT NOW.NEIGHBORS ARE RELYING ON EACHOTHER RIGHT NOW.>> THE WINDS WERE SO STRONG THATYOU COULD HEAR IT.CHERIS SHE HAS LIVED IN THISNEIGHBORHOOD FOR SOME 40 YEARS.SHE WAS INSIDE HER HOME TUESDAYNIGHT WHEN THIS MASSIVE PINETREE CRASHED ONTO HER HOUSE.NOW, TWO DAYS AFTER THE STORM,IT IS STILL A MESS.TOM LIVES OF ACROSS THE STREET.>> IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY ATFIRST.CHERIS THEY HAVE BEEN WITHOUTPOWER SINCE EARLY TUESDAYEVENING.THE CO-OP OFFICIALS SAY THATTHEY MAY GET THEIR POWER BACKSATURDAY NIGHT.IN THE MEANWHILE, THESENEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN RELYING ONEACH OTHER.>> THEY TOOK ME IN AND HAS BEENFEEDING ME AND GIVING ME A BEDTO SLEEP IN BECAUSE WE HAVE NOPOWER.>> ANYONE THAT NEEDS ANYTHING --COME ON OVER.YOU HELP ME.I WILL HELP YOU.CHERIS SAWS ARE BECOMING ACOMMON SOUNDS.>> THE PHONE STARTED RINGING AT6:00 YESTERDAY MORNING AND ITHAS NOT STOPPED.WE HAVE ABOUT ANY PEOPLE LINEDUP RIGHT NOW.CHERIS MORE TREES TO CUTTOMORROW AND MORE DAMAGE TOASSESS.>> WE WILL FIND OUT TOMORROWWHEN THEY GET THE TREE OUT WHATIT WILL LOOK LIKE INSIDE.CHERISE: THAT IS A PLAN FOR ALOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN THIS AREA.ONCE THE TREES ARE REMOVED, THATIS WHEN THEY GET A GOOD LOOK ATSOME OF THEIR PROPERTY AND THEDAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE.NHEC SAYS TREES LIKE THIS AREWHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.IT COULD BE SUNDAY UNTIL SOMEPEOPLE ARE RESTORED.

Thousands in the Lakes Region were still in the dark Thursday night after Tuesday's nor'easter, and officials said some may not get their power back until Sunday.

Crews have been working around the clock, cleaning up hundreds of fallen trees.

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Jeanne DuPont, who has lived in the Balmoral neighborhood for about 40 years. She was inside her home Tuesday night when a massive pine tree crashed onto the house, shearing off her decks and landing over her car.

"The winds were so strong you could hear it," DuPont said.

Two days after the storm, and the area is still a mess.

"It was a little bit scary at first," said Tom Thistle, who lives across the street from DuPont.

The neighborhood has been without power since early Tuesday evening.

New Hampshire Electric Co-op said the area may get power back on Saturday night.

In the meantime, neighbors like DuPont and Thistle have been relying on each other.

"They took me in. They have been feeding me. They've been giving me a bed to sleep on because we have no power," DuPont said.

Chainsaws have become a common sound in the neighborhood, as workers with Green Leaf Tree Experts have been clearing trees -- well before their typical season starts.

"The phones started ringing at 6:00 yesterday morning and it hasn't stopped. We've got about 20 people lined up right now," said Kara Kelly, of Green Leaf Tree Experts.

On Friday, the company has more trees to cut and more damage to assess.

"We'll find out (Friday), I guess, once they get the tree out of there what it looks like inside," DuPont said.